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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 25 Apr 1991

Vol. 407 No. 5

Written Answers. - High Court Actions.

Alan Shatter

Ceist:

46 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Energy the number of High Court cases in which the Minister for Energy of the day was named as a defendant in court proceedings in each of the last ten years; the issues involved in such proceedings; the number of such cases successfully defended by him; the number of such cases in which the plaintiff was successful; the amount of legal costs incurred by the State in each year in respect of such cases; and the amount of legal costs paid out by the State in each year pursuant to orders for costs made against him.

I do not consider that the inordinate amount of time and expense required in extracting the very detailed information requested by the Deputy is justified and would result in the deferral of other important and pressing work.

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